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Current Affairs32nd anniversary of Palach immolation
The 16th of January is one of the most significant dates in the modern history of the Czech people. Exactly thirty-two years ago, the young student Jan Palach walked to the top of Wenceslas Square and set himself on fire in protest at the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Palach died in hospital three days later, but the significance of his act lives on in the consciousness of the nation. has the story.
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